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ArticleCellular and molecular neurobiology2010

Increase of c-Fos and c-Jun expression in spinal and cranial motoneurons of the degenerating muscle mouse (Scn8a(dmu)).

Hiroyuki Ichikawa, Mitsuhiro Kano, Yoshinaka Shimizu, Toshihiko Suzuki, Eri Sawada, Wako Ono, Leona W G Chu, Patrice D Côté

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Article in Cellular and molecular neurobiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hiroyuki IchikawaDivision of Oral and Craniofacial Anatomy, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan. hiroichi@anat.dent.tohoku.ac.jp
Mitsuhiro Kano
Yoshinaka Shimizu
Toshihiko Suzuki
Eri Sawada
Wako Ono
Leona W G Chu
Patrice D Côté
Tohoku University · JPDalhousie University · CA

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Abstract

The degenerating muscle (dmu) mouse harbors a loss-of-function mutation in the Scn8a gene, which encodes the alpha subunit of the voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC) Na(V)1.6. The distribution of c-Fos and c-Jun was examined in spinal and cranial motoneurons of the dmu mouse. In the cervical spinal cord, trigeminal motor nucleus (Vm), facial nucleus (VII), dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (X), and hypoglossal nucleus (XII) of wild-type mice, motoneurons expressed c-Fos and c-Jun-immunoreactivity. The immunoreactivity in wild-type mice was mostly weak and localized to the nucleus of these neurons whereas in the spinal cord and brain stem of dmu mice motoneurons showed intense c-Fos and c-Jun-immunoreactivity. The number of c-Fos-immunoreactive motoneurons was dramatically elevated in the cervical spinal cord (wild type, 4.8 +/- 1.0; dmu, 17.3 +/- 1.6), Vm (wild type, 76.2 +/- 21.6; dmu, 216.9 +/- 30.9), VII (wild type, 162.4 +/- 43.3; dmu, 533.3 +/- 41.2), and XII (wild type, 58.2 +/- 43.3; dmu, 150.9 +/- 25.7). The mutation also increased the number of c-Jun-immunoreactive motoneurons in the cervical spinal cord (wild type, 1.6 +/- 0.8; dmu, 12.1 +/- 2.1), Vm (wild type, 41.4 +/- 18.0; dmu, 123.1 +/- 11.7), and X (wild type, 39.1 +/- 10.7; dmu, 92.8 +/- 17.8). The increase of these transcription factors may be associated with the uncoordinated and excessive movement of forelimbs and degeneration of cardiac muscles in dmu mice.

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AnimalsBrain StemCell CountMiceMice, Mutant StrainsMotor NeuronsMusclesNAV1.6 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelNerve Tissue ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fosProto-Oncogene Proteins c-junSkullSodium ChannelsSpinal CordNAV1.6 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelNerve Tissue ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fosProto-Oncogene Proteins c-junScn8a protein, mouseSodium Channels

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PMID20111900
PMCPMC11498857
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